Tag Archives: standing stones

A Harmony of Eight – Stuart France

Posted on November 26, 2020 by Sue Vincent

* The point sits at the centre of the square, where its two diagonals intersect. * * From the same intersection, another square can be drawn at right angles to the first. Like this, we create eight equidistant points. * … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Graven Images

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our last visit of a weekend that seemed to have flown by all too quickly was to a little church on the edge of Aberdeen. The sun finally decided to show its face… though it still managed to rain anyway, … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Circles Out of Time

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

It looked, for a while, as if we might escape being rained on at our second site of the morning, but no… that would have been too much to ask The ritual cleansing would continue. We were heading for another … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Sacred Earth

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The weather was looking none too promising for the final day of the workshop, but at least it wasn’t really raining. It seemed incredible, under the heavy grey of the sky, that we’d had the clear weather-window the night before, … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Circle of Timeless Light

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Sue Vincent

A few stars twinkled above Inverurie as our group gathered for dinner. It wasn’t even raining much. That probably explains why, some time after nine o’clock, when the moonless night had well and truly fallen, four people would once again … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Switching the Lights On

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

We had returned to Easter Aquhorthies for a second visit. It was still raining, but this time the sky was much brighter than the iron-grey deluge of the day before and there was already a sense of revisiting an old … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon (Part 3) ~ Running Elk

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Stepping Stones: Day Two (Continued) Following a rather delicious soup stop, we headed off for some light refreshment in the form of Symbol Stones. These mysterious artefacts of the Picts, with their admixture of Christian and Pagan symbolism, … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Circles of Pain

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

The weather was beginning to regain its composure, but it was still being temperamental enough to lustrate the companions exploring the mysteries of an ancient landscape. Our next site was not far distant and it was not long before we … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon (Part 2) ~ Running Elk

Posted on November 2, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Stepping Stones: Day Two Mettle tested and hardly dried, we head off to Midmar; a site rather polluted and dulled by the intrusion of “modern” death rites. The energies here are “slacker”. More turgid. I couldn’t handle the … Continue reading →

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Solstice of the Moon: Circle of Peace

Posted on November 1, 2020 by Sue Vincent

Our first stop next day was a place where mysterious stones, a Celtic saint and a link to one of the best-known legends of the British Isles all come together in a village churchyard. It took a bit of finding, … Continue reading →

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